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Penguins center Sidney Crosby today was named one of three finalists for the Ted Lindsay Award, which goes to the NHL’s Most Outstanding Player as voted by the players. Crosby has won the Lindsay Award twice, including last year. During the regular season, Crosby led the NHL with 104 points. The other finalists are center...

Both the Penguins and the Detroit Red Wings dressed the majority of their star players for Monday’s preseason game at CONSOL Energy Center. Pittsburgh had the line of Chris Kunitz, Sidney Crosby and Pascal Dupuis and top-four defensemen Kris Letang, Paul Martin and Brooks Orpik among others, while Detroit brought players like...

Team Scope The Buffalo Sabres, the Eastern Conference’s 13th place team, are hanging on by an ultra-thin thread in the race for the conference’s eighth and final playoff spot. Buffalo is three points behind the eighth-place New York Rangers, who hold two games in hand. If the Sabres are going to make a late push for the...

TEAM SCOPE Former Penguins coach Michel Therrien comes to Pittsburgh for the first time as head coach of the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night at CONSOL Energy Center. His team currently ranks second in the Eastern Conference behind the Penguins and has won seven of 10 games (getting points in eight) since falling to...

By Sam Kasan The Penguins may be looked up to by young children everywhere, but even the toughest hockey players in the world know that the real heroes are those who fight for their country overseas, putting their life and wellbeing on the line so that we can live in freedom from tyranny. Pat McIlvain is one such hero. McIlvain...